How to add a wage garnishment to be calculated on NET pay.

Hi sherryhagemeier,

Thanks for reaching out here.  QuickBooks Online provides options when adding a garnishment to an employee.  I'd be happy to assist!

Although you can add a deduction as a percentage, this will be applied to the gross amount.  However, you'll also have the option to apply it as a flat rate.  Here's how;

1. Open Payroll and then Employees from the left menu

2. Select the employee

3. Click Edit in the Employment details section

4. Use the ▼ dropdown menu to select the Garnishment item from the list or + Add new

5. In the Calculated as field, select Flat rate, enter the Amount per pay cheque and the Annual maximum

Note;  The totals will need to be manually calculated based on the percentage to be applied

6.  Hit Save when complete.

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If you have other questions, feel free to reach back out.  We'd love to help!

When searching how to garnish wages, I automatically get a response, but from the US site: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/payroll/set-payroll-garnishment-item/...

Why is this not a feature in Canada too? 

Hi there,

It's not, unfortunately. When I follow the instructions on that page, it says to add a 'garnishment' (which is a deduction from disposable income) as a deduction. This option is not available in Canada apparently.

Hi there dlbrazier1,,

It's vital that all your transactions are entered correctly so your books are well-balanced. QuickBooks Online Payroll is a great tool able to help you pay your employees for their hours worked. I can provide some information about deduction types.

Within the Canadian version of QuickBooks Online Payroll, there isn't a deduction type for Garnishments. I can see that that would be a feature that you'd like to have added so it can be deducted from your employee's pay. I recommend leaving feedback in the system by clicking on the Gear icon, then Feedback. The comments made in that section are taken into consideration by our developers when designing new features for QuickBooks Online.

If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out here.